HERBS & CATTLE TREATMENT
(AS COLLECTED FROM VILLAGE HERDSMEN OF KANDHMAL & GANJAM DISTRICTS OF ODISHA STATE, INDIA)
BLOAT
SYMPTOMS:
In active bloat, sudden gas formation inside rumen & it needs trochar & canula intervention by a surgeon immediately else, the cattle may die out of asphyxia (suffocation).
In passive bloat, the excess gas inside rumen is a continuous problem. Of course, surgery (ruminotomy) is preferred practice to eliminate any kind of metal object sticking or pile up of gunny bags/plastics etc. in the rumen.
But for other minor reasons, the farmer can go for herbal treatments.
About the Herbs as it’s Medicine
| VERNACULAR NAME (ODIA LANGUAGE) |
COMMON ENGLISH NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THE PLANT | PHOTO OF THE PLANT | PHOTO OF MEDICINAL PART & IT’S USED AS MEDICINE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNTHI | DRIED GINGER RHIZOME |
Zingiber officinale |  |
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| JUANI | AJWAIN (or) CAROM SEEDS (or) AJOWAN | Trachyspermum ammi |  |
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| SORISHA | MUSTARD | Brassica juncea |  |
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PREPARATION OF MEDICINE & IT’S APPLICATION
Dried ginger (10–15 gms), Ajwain seeds (5–10 gms) & salt (5 gms) pestled with warm water & mixed with 1 liter of warm water & then drenched to the affected cattle.
(OR)
Ginger, Ajwain seeds, mustard seeds (15 gms each) mixed with salt (2–3 gms) & pestled to a paste with water & fed to cattle 3–4 times a day.